Elan Hotel (Yiwu International Trade City Store)

The traders are kind and can deliver your stock to the place you want. There are fashion accessories here, including artificial jewelry, at great prices.

Plan your visit around the district you need, and be clear on what you're looking for. Yiwugo can help, and if you don't speak Chinese, a translator can accompany you for 300-400 RMB a day. One floor of one building could take a full day to get through. Shops open around 10 am and close at 5, with lunch from 11:30 to 12:30. If food smells bother you, head out to eat during lunch, since crowded buildings with food smells can be unpleasant. They have almost everything, though the focus is mostly daily and office supplies, jewelry, and small hardware items.

It's a nice, large market. You need at least a week just to figure out what you need. I'll definitely come back.

The market has 80,000 shops, including factory outlets and traders who are very cooperative in business dealings. It's the best place on earth to buy items you could sell anywhere in the world.